The Easy Way
The easiest way to impress the significance of this mis-deed upon the party, without creating side-adventures and complicating the storyline, might just be to give them fair warning that the dwarf is coming.
Perhaps the Sage comes down with an attack of conscience, because she knows that the Dwarf is going to come down heavy on the group, and sends them a dire warning: "You better find a way to get that stuff back to *name* because he knows where you are, and he's going to take it out of your hide!"
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The easiest way to impress the significance of this mis-deed upon the party, without creating side-adventures and complicating the storyline, might just be to give them fair warning that the dwarf is coming.
Perhaps the Sage comes down with an attack of conscience, because she knows that the Dwarf is going to come down heavy on the group, and sends them a dire warning: "You better find a way to get that stuff back to *name* because he knows where you are, and he's going to take it out of your hide!"
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